function startEffect(startDiv, endDiv, delay) {
	setTimeout(switchSlides(startDiv,startDiv,endDiv, delay), delay);
}

function switchSlides(div, startDiv, endDiv, delay) {
	return (function() {
	    	Effect.Fade('slideContainer' + div, {duration:2});
            if (div == endDiv) { div = 1;} else { div = div + 1;}
            
            setTimeout("Effect.Appear('slideContainer" + div + "', {duration:2});", 2100);
            setTimeout(switchSlides(div, startDiv, endDiv, delay), delay + 5100);
	    })
}

function display(div) {
	var slide = 'slideContainer' + div;
	if(DOM) {
    document.getElementById(slide).style.display = '';      
  } else if (NS) {
    document.layers[slide].visibility = 'show';    
  } else if(MS) { 
    document.all(slide).style.visibility = 'visible';   
  }
}